How much do welders make an hour in Grants Pass, OR?

The median hourly wage is $24.68. The middle half earn between $24.11 and $28.79 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Grants Pass, OR?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.69 an hour ($47,200 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.11.

Do welders make more in Grants Pass or Albany?

Albany pays more: the median is $51,330 in Grants Pass and $62,790 in Albany, a 18% difference.

How does Grants Pass pay compare with the rest of Oregon?

The Grants Pass median of $51,330 is 14% less than the Oregon median of $59,450.

Welder salary in Grants Pass, OR

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Grants Pass, OR area earn a median of $51,330 a year, or $24.68 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $64,400. Across all of Oregon, the median is $59,450, so Grants Pass pays 14% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$51,330

Bottom 10% under$47,200Top 10% over$64,400

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $22.69/hr
Jobs in this area: 100
After cost of living: $52,510
Median hourly pay: $24.68/hr
vs U.S. median: −5%
vs Oregon median: −14%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 24420, Grants Pass, OR). Excludes self-employed welders. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Entry-level to top welder pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Entry level	$47,200–$50,140$22.69–$24.11/hr
Experienced welder	$51,330$24.68/hr
Top earners	$59,890–$64,400$28.79–$30.96/hr

Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.

How Grants Pass, OR compares

Grants Pass ranks 7th of 8 Oregon metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Grants Pass area than nationally: 3.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.2 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $64,400, is 1.4 times the 10th-percentile wage, $47,200: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Grants Pass, OR?: Welders in the Grants Pass, OR area earn a median of $51,330 a year, or $24.68 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $64,400.
How much do welders make an hour in Grants Pass, OR?: The median hourly wage is $24.68. The middle half earn between $24.11 and $28.79 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Grants Pass, OR?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.69 an hour ($47,200 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.11.
Do welders make more in Grants Pass or Albany?: Albany pays more: the median is $51,330 in Grants Pass and $62,790 in Albany, a 18% difference.
How does Grants Pass pay compare with the rest of Oregon?: The Grants Pass median of $51,330 is 14% less than the Oregon median of $59,450.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 51-4121 (Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers), area code 24420 (Grants Pass, OR). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed welders and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (97.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures